ACTRESS KATRINA KAIF CALLS SALMAN KHAN THE ONLY PILLAR OF STRENGTH DURING HER STRUGGLING DAYS IN BOLLYWOOD :

It is going to be a veritable rollercoaster ride on ‘Famously Filmfare’ this week, with the gorgeous and talented Katrina Kaif. The actress will be seen in a fun-filled and candid conversation with host, Jitesh Pillai. The starlet who will be soon be seen sharing screen space with Salman Khan opens up about her mentoring phase and gives us a peek into the friendship they share. She said, “We all know that Salman has the kind of heart that loves to help people, but for me, the greatest strength that he was to me was that he didn’t try to make things different for me, he encouraged me every moment to stand up, find my own feet and work hard.” On being asked further about the best and worst moments she shared with Salman, she chuckled it off saying that there will have to be a separate show for it. The sporting actress finally shared an anecdote where she had Salman as her pillar of strength during her early days in Bollywood, “He always had a lot of belief in me. I was to be a part of the movie ‘ Saaya’. Anurag Basu was the director, John Abraham was the hero and I was cast in the film. I was called one night for a shot, it was a silent shot that too I was playing a ghost. It was a passing shot. After shooting for two days, I was told I am chucked out. When I left the room, I started crying, I was bawling my eyes out. Sometime in the day, I met Salman and I’m weeping, and he’s just laughing. I started to think he’s so mean. I’m thinking my career is over and I’ve been chucked out from my first film and it’s the end of my life and he’s laughing? He finally gave in and calmed me down saying, you don’t understand, this doesn’t mean anything. I know where you’re going to go from here, these things happen, I don’t have an answer but these things happen, you’ll see. Just keep your focus and work hard.” The Times of India : 19th. June,17